(06-08-2022, 05:10 AM)ElwoodBlues1 link Wrote:I just hope we are not dumb enough to expect him to stand Wright, Draper, Philips etc and give him a task that is within his capabilities and that he is eased back in and Sam Durdin plays so he and Young get the gorillas to mind.
I suspect Durdin might miss EB, and that would be a mistake in my book. Marchbank, at his best, is a very good intercept marking defender but he's only played 5 quarters of VFL footy in the last three years. Asking him to match up on a bloke 12cm taller and 11kg heavier in his first full game of footy in three years could be a bridge too far.
Essendon's tall forwards probably don't faze many opposition teams but Wright's averaging just under two contested marks a game and just under 2.5 marks inside 50 ... and that's against genuine key defenders.
Weitering's comments on SEN suggest that Durdin could be in the mix later in the season ... but he could be spinning a yarn.
Whatever happens, we're going to have to dominate the stoppages, control possession and lock the ball inside our forward half.
On a brighter note, the rumours about Harry being right to play are gathering momentum.
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